I uh...
Forgot! LOL
I just bought the kit from Kientech, it's a little leaner pilot, adjustable needle, and an adjustable fuel screw. I haven't played with the needle position but I did fiddle with the fuel screw a tiny bit and it runs great.

It's been sitting in the shed all night and I'm going to see if it will start today after work without using the choke or prime like it did yesterday.
I imagine it will.

I uh...
It's been sitting in the shed all night and I'm going to see if it will start today after work without using the choke or prime like it did yesterday.
I imagine it will.

If the ambient temperature is fairly warm then that's fine but if it's cooler out, say below 60-70F or so, you're probably a bit rich on the pilot. The choke is on there to fatten up the mixture on cold starts. If you jet to bypass this feature then you're running rich the rest of the time that the bike isn't cold.

If the ambient temperature is fairly warm then that's fine but if it's cooler out, say below 60-70F or so, you're probably a bit rich on the pilot. The choke is on there to fatten up the mixture on cold starts. If you jet to bypass this feature then you're running rich the rest of the time that the bike isn't cold.

I haven't ridden the bike yet to play with it any.
I started it yesterday after work and let it idle for a bit before I changed the oil.
It started right up with no issues. It was about 65F in my area yesterday?

My new rear tube comes Wednesday so I'll get that one and go for a test ride. It'll probably pop on decel, and I'll take care of it.

I was mainly just noting the difference in how it used to be, had to sit with the choke on, or even ride a bit with the choke to get it to warm up.
I bought the jet kit after it took me half an hour to feel the bike was warmed up, only to have it stall if I didn't rev the piss out of it all the time.

Hi all ! I just went out and bought a 2005 DR200 , gonna use it as an extra bike for guests and to play around here on the property . The previous owner could not find the owners manual and I cannot find one anywhere online . Anyone know where I can get one ? Also , the petcock has reserve , on and prime . What is prime used for , if I run out of gas ? Also , is the garage going to flood with gas if the float sticks in the carb? thx guys looking forward to seeing what this bike can do !

Hi all ! Thx for the info , that makes sense now that i think about it . I think all of my street bikes had vacuum operated petcocks , just no prime setting . Whats kinda funny is my son and I each have a ktm 450 in the garage but I'm really stoked about this bike . By reading a lot of the posts on here I see alot of other people love their DR too ! thx again for the info

Went for a short putt-putt.
Bike is LOUD but sounds good.
Hesitation between 2nd and 3rd, full throttle and slow acceleration.
Turns out my flippin' choke was out half way when I first started - but did not ride - the bike after jet kit install.
So, this weekend will get the carb set up proper.